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“I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle. Look at me, see if I am poor, or my people either. The whites may get me at last, as you say, but I will have good times till then. You are fools to make yourselves slaves to a piece of fat bacon, some hard-tack, and a little sugar and coffee.”

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Sitting Bull, whose real name was Tatanka Iyotake, was a renowned American Indian tribal chief. Born in 1831, he was a member of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe. Known for his pivotal role in the resistance against American colonizers, especially in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull was a symbol of the Lakota people's struggle for independence and dignity. His leadership and military strategies earned him great respect among the Lakota people. more

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